“I don’t think people are expecting that from a black lesbian from the south side of Chicago. But, I read her autobiography more times than I can count," Waithe tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Because I was obsessed with The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I was, like, who is this woman? Who is this person that everybody is wanting to be, that everybody was so happy when she came onscreen?"
TOPICS: Lena Waithe, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mary Tyler Moore